Emda legacy transfers to university
East Midlands Development Agency (Emda) has signed an agreement to transfer its knowledge bank to Nottingham Trent University. The university will host a range of guidelines created by Emda through an online portal.
Emda, which is set to close in April 2012, said it established the knowledge bank in conjunction with the university's business school to provide notes and guidelines for the next generation of policy makers.
The knowledge bank contains a legacy handbook which provides details of Emda’s focus and achievements across a range of policy areas.
It also contains a range of strategies, policy and research studies, toolkits and reports focused on the agency’s approach to economic impact evaluation.
Nottingham Business School said it will host the knowledge bank online for at least ten years where it will be accessible through online search engines.
Jeff Moore, chief executive of emda, said: "Since emda was established in 1999, we have achieved significant results and learnt a huge amount as a result of all our work.
"We feel it is vitally important that our knowledge is made available to people who are going to be involved in future economic development activity, and therefore I am delighted that our knowledge bank is being hosted by Nottingham Trent University."
